Indonesia ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, has stated the four Nigerians and other nationals were executed on Tuesday by the Indonesia government after due process had been followed.
Purwanto, who spoke in Abuja yesterday after he was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated the execution was carried out strictly after completion of all legal proceedings.
Jamiu Owolabi Abashin, 50; Martin Anderson, 50; Okwudili Oyatanze, 41; and Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, 47, were executed on Tuesday in Indonesia for drug related offenses.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with the ministry top officials, Purwanto explained that there was nothing that could have been done "for those four Nigerians because every legal process was completed and only then did the government of Indonesia implement the decision of the court". He stated necessary opportunity was provided to the convicts for the last 10 years the case lasted, adding that his government suspended the moratorium on death penalty due to the gravity and dangerous impact of the drugs on their country.
In his reaction, the Under-Secretary, Economic and Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry, Ambassador Bokunolu Onemola, stated the situation was not enough to instigate a row between both countries. Onemola stressed that Nigeria would not recall its ambassador to Indonesia over the executions.